Masarat Alam was booked under the Public Safety Act on Thursday, a week after he was arrested on sedition charges. The Jammu and Kashmir government’s move is likely to put the separatist leader behind bars for a minimum of two years. Yesterday, a Budgam court had reserved order on Alam’s bail plea till Saturday. The government reportedly acted under pressure from the central government, and also its coalition partner, the Bharataiya Janata Party. The charges against Alam, besides the PSA, include Sections 121-A (waging war against the country), 124 (Sedition), 120-B (Criminal Conspiracy), 147 (rioting) of Ranbir Penal Code (RPC)…
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Fort Myer (Virginia), Apr 23: Indian-American Vivek Murthy was today administered the oath for the top post of US Surgeon General by Vice President Joe Biden at a ceremonial ceremony here, becoming the youngest-ever in charge of the country’s public health. 37-year-old Vivek Hallegere Murthy is now the highest ranking Indian-American in the Obama Administration. “To have the opportunity to serve as Surgeon General is an extraordinary honour and a profound responsibility, and I want to thank President Obama for entrusting me with the stewardship of this office,” Murthy said in his address on the occasion.Attended by…
Peshawar, Apr 23: India is not worried over the USD 46-billion economic corridor between Pakistan and China as an economically strong Pakistan would bring regional stability, India’s envoy said today, underlining the need to remove misperception and restore mutual trust between the two nations. Indian High Commissioner T C A Raghavan, addressing a meeting of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KPCCI) here, said India also has no problem over the growing relations between Pakistan-Iran-China and Afghanistan.“There is a need to remove mis-perception between Pakistan and India for the restoration of mutual trust,” he said. This is the first…
London, April 23: Head of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was critically wounded in an airstrike in Iraq by the US-led coalition last month, The Guardian reported on Tuesday citing sources. A source in Iraq with connections to the terror group, however, said that the IS leader, whose wounds were initially believed to be life threatening, has since made a slow recovery, but has not resumed day-to-day control of the organisation. Baghdadi’s injuries led to urgent meetings of the IS leadership, and plans were made to name a new leader to take over the reins of…
United Nations, Apr 23: The failure of the world’s nuclear powers to make headway on disarmament is threatening to unravel a landmark treaty coming up for review next week, the UN’s disarmament chief has warned. The 190 countries that have signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) are opening a month-long conference on Monday at the United Nations to take stock amid much gloom over the lack of progress. “We have a stalling in the path to a nuclear-free world,” said Angela Kane, the UN high representative for disarmament affairs.“The nuclear-weapons states are not living up to their side of the bargain,” Kane…